Deluge

Deluge is another word for flood, especially a very big and disastrous one. It may also specifically refer to:

; Prehistoric and mythical floods
* Noah's Flood, a story described in the Book of Genesis; see Noah and Noah's Ark
* Deluge (mythology), mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, Noah or others
* Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired the mythic floods above

; Polish history and culture
* The Deluge (Polish history), the Swedish occupation of Poland (1655-1660)
* Potop (novel) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
* Potop (movie) by Jerzy Hoffman

; Metaphorical useThe noun deluge or the verb to deluge are often used metaphorically:
*a deluge of applications
*We've been deluged with complaints.

; Other
* Deluge (movie) by Felix E. Feist
* Deluge M.A.S.H. (TV series) episode
* Deluge, a tool to program nodes of a Wireless Sensor Network running the TinyOS operating system in an infectious manner; see Delouge (TinyOS)